This was recently launched in Indonesia, and I’m currently in the market for a small EV. Hopped straight over to CarExpert, because your sinewave and bumpy road test resembles the roads we have here in Indonesia. Can’t really gauge the ride feel from other reviews, because their idea of a bad road with potholes, is a well kept one where I live. These are priced competitively at around $47k to $55k, in the ballpark of the BYD Atto 3 and a tad more expensive compared to the Chery Omoda E5.
70K for a lightweight contender with bizarre styling? Tell em' their dreaming. Never thought i would be saying this .......but show them something Chinese.
@@bauboni even car dealers are no longer taking EV’s for trade ins because the depreciation today and next week could vastly change and they’re stuff taking a financial hit. There’s no real market set value on EV’s like ICE vehicles.
@@aikz5 agree, being a ev throw away with all the headaches ahead with just trying to get chargers etc and no resale value I wouldn’t pay more than 30k and then throw it away when the battery dies and stops holding charge.
It's not a Hyundai thing. They are just the first ones bringing new cars to market with the safety systems. You'll see every brand bring this stuff out soon enough.
This isn't really their fault - correct me if I am wrong but I think due to ANCAP, these safety features need to automatically be enabled whenever the car is restarted.
They’re pathetic, more of a distraction, especially when it reads speed signs wrong. Bought a Mazda where you can turn it off permanently. Saved $30,000 over this thing too.
When anything first comes out they are usually expensive until mass production kicks in and covers the production costs, then the price will come down, For example DVD players and LCD TV's etc, But and a big but, I think this transition might be a bit more extended and more painful for those unable to afford the change over, Unless the government intervenes............
@@CMurdoch-n3t Battery costs are coming down every day and to ad to that there are new batteries that are coming out quite regularly, There is one about to hit the market that can be recharged in seconds.
I just bought the Premium to upgrade from my 2019 Kona Electric. It as if all the Hyundai engineers and designers decided to analyse and improve every single part or function of the old model. The 2019 was a fantastic EV and this new model is better in almost all respects. Excepting the number of warnings?! Most of all, the spare wheel, unique in this class of EVs, with the rest of them consigned to a tow truck for a damaged tyre. The loss of range in the Premium because of the 19” wheels could be an issue but I’m going to use it for a while and then decide whether to sell the 19s and replace with 17”. That’s an option at purchase in the UK, but it’s not available in Australia.
Why do Hyundai keep putting indicators on the lower part of their cars? In stop start traffic, they are sometimes not visible for cars that are following.
@@shannonrussell7151 I agree. Issue is when stopped at traffic lights… also even small SUVs these days have very tall big bonets limiting visibility of bottoms of cars in front, at close proximity.
dont need to be concerned how this car will date, in 10yrs time this aswell as all other EV's will mostly be going to the scrapyard because nobody will want to fork out for a new battery
Don't understand why the safety systems like lane keeping assistance comes on by default. It is the drivers choice to turn it off .....so just stay off.
Does that safety crap stay turned off? Or do you need to do it every startup? I think this info is something that should be mentioned in reviews, because a lot of the "safety" features are more of an annoying hindrance than anything.
All modern cars won't stay switched off, you have to reset them each ignition cycle. And Hyundai's and Kia's tech is especially annoying and intrusive, and the official line from them concerning it a couple months ago was "We know, we don't care, this is for Euro NCAP regulations not Australia which is only 3% of our sales, don't like it? 🖕 Buy something else." Unless this changes, the Pajero Sport I bought at the end of 2022 will be my first...and last new car. I don't want my car trying to second guess me all the time while driving. At least the AEB it has can have it's sensitivity changed in a set-and-forget fashion.
“For safety” they are not allowed to be permanently disabled and also if they could be the vehicle wouldn’t meet 5 star safety ratings. So it’s not gonna happen. Hack the software and write a script to disable in start up if you need to.
The lane assist crap and speed warning can be permanently turned off in my company Hilux (a 2023 model), so I don't think it's a requirement that it reactivates every time. I think it's just shitty decisions by most companies these days.
I think that it looks hideous . And I'm a fan of the Korean Twins . We drive a 19 Kia Niro Hybrid in Canada , I like the looks of our car , the new ones a little less , although I'm sure they've improved . But the new Kona , sheesh , not a fan .
@@TerryHickey-xt4mf Do you mean the Kona ? Because the Niro now has more room , but our 19 has good room . I've ridden in the back of ours no problem . It has a heated rear leather seat with centre arm rest and vents , and doors that open wide . To me the Kona was just too cramped .
Also EVs ARE not the answer it's hydrogen fuel. They Honda and Cadillac were working on this 20 years ago then the powers that be decided it was ev.... just think where we'd be now if they kept with it instead of doing it now.
The only advantage of Hydrogen is that it emits near zero greenhouse emissions. All the other problems with combustion engines remain the same....lots of complex moving parts, higher wear and tear costs including brake pads
did you say hydrogen fuel? the reason is quite plain if I understand you correctly, you still need a very complex internal combustion engine with all it's many moving parts and maintenance, and hydrogen is more toxic to the components it comes into contact with than even petrol or diesel, so why hydrogen? it does not exist in a natural form on Earth, it has to be extracted from some other compound or made by electrolysis, all these manufacturing steps consume 70% or more energy than just using solar panels or wind to generate electricity that can be pumped straight into your ev battery. ( same with petrol or diesel, only 25% of the fuel I buy actually drives the wheels, the rest is just wasted). Also, for a lot of people they can refuel their ev overnight whilst sleeping, I cannot do that with my diesel Ranger. (or your hydrogen car) My ev takes care of all my day to day tasks, so the Ford has to wait for the trailer dump trip or to take the boat out etc. For the average punter, hydrogen just will not happen, because batteries are getting cheaper and cheaper, and better and better each month, and the charging infrastructure is also doing the same. There is no doubt the future is electric.
Um no. I don't know of many that I associate with that can afford 70k that in a couple of years will be worth virtually nothing. Not to mention range anxiety for a family trip outside of 200 kms. I would think Hybrid, plug in Hybrid would be more practical.
There has to be some rules and laws about these front and rear lights. Cars coming with full width lights are very distracting on road. If I’ll install LEDs all around my car, pretty sure cops will issue me a ticket and force to remove them. How these car companies are getting away with these crazy designs?
In other words you’re did aksit if this will be a good looking car in 5 ears or suchwhat it it’s note a good looking car now I donut thing idwill in prove in 5 ears ok remember I’m am bing honest as I like you.
When driving long distance do I turn off regen braking or keep it on to save electricity ? I nearly ran out on way to destination and want to maximise charge (when limited spots along the way )
One thing i do not understand. If you charge the battery from 10 to 80% as recommended, what is the actual range? Because 10 to 80 means i am not using 30% battery capacity....so 64kw becomes much less....Or what is my mistake?
@@TerryHickey-xt4mf so i am right to say that when you charge between 10 to 80%, the real battery capacity is eg 64kw minus 30%? So the range is really even 30% lower then told by people in the videos....why is nobody talking about real life range?
He Literally says “new platform” just before 8:30 in the vid. However he does say he will gloss over the inside a bit as it’s already been tested twice before. I must have missed that as I’ve never seen this one reviewed already?
Always good to compare a CUV to a small hatchback, maybe next time compare the Model Y to a Volvo Prime Mover electric as well. The rear view is any SUV so no difference there. Forgot to mention it has real buttons for essential functions unlike the cars with touchscreen only of which there are a few. Not everyone likes Tesla or wants to give money to help prop up Elon so this is a good option and the exact trim and colour scheme you reviewed in the Meta Blue with Shale Grey interior I have ordered and will be collecting it around mid May.
If you accept the terms and conditions on that infotainment system it tells you that you are allowing geofencing. Is this really something that you wanna go for?
240V port said 16A not 15A. You said you’ll gloss over the interior as you’ve tested it twice already. I must have missed that - as not seen a review of this Kona before. Other EVs aren’t as efficient as Tesla because Tesla designed their own electric motors. Not sure what other manufacturers are doing but they aren’t using Tesla motors. No rear window or horn test?!
@@jerrymyahzcat No this is the first Kona EV review, but we've reviewed the new Kona two other times. There's more detail on things like the interior and other shared components in those reviews.
That 240vac power point in the front arm rest doesn’t seem right. 15 amps x 240vac = 3600 watts!! I don’t so! That would mean that there is a 4000 watt inverter somewhere. Very unlikely.
Very likely. It’s an EV with a massive battery (compared to a camping battery). In the U.S. there is a Ford Pickup that has twine 7200W (combined) mains sockets in the bed.
If they use one inverter for the global market, it needs to support the highest standard outlet - 15A for BS 546 (Type M) and 13A for BS 1363 (Type G) - both in use in a number of former UK colonies. The spec sheet say "250 V, 3 kW, 15 A", but with a "Domestic 3-pin plug output", so just the regular 10A Aussie socket.
@@kjlovescoffee it DOES have the 15A socket though as displayed by the larger earth pin hole. I’d suggest it IS therefore 15A or indeed 16A as printed on it.
@@jerrymyahzcat Oh, good to know! I assumed otherwise because the spec sheet differentiates between "output capacity (maximum)" and "Connector - inside"
